Urbanrisers Hyderabad are a professional cricket franchise team that competes in the Legends League Cricket in India.[1] Franchise was founded in 2023 and is owned by the Urbanrise & Pavan Reddy JC.[2] Team led by current captain Suresh Raina[3][4] and head coach is Nikhil Chopra.[5]
League | Legends League Cricket |
---|---|
Personnel | |
Captain | Suresh Raina |
Coach | Nikhil Chopra |
Owner | Urbanrise & Pavan Reddy JC |
Team information | |
City | Hyderabad, India |
Founded | 2023 |
Official website | Official website |
In the very first season of 2023, they performed brilliantly and made it to the finals and were the runner-up.[6]
Current squad
edit- Suresh Raina (c)
- Martin Guptil
- Dwayne Smith
- Peter Trego
- Chamara Kapugedera
- Stuart Binny
- Asghar Afghan
- Tino Best
- Amit Paunikar
- Mohnish Mishra
- Christopher Mpofu
- Pawan Suyal
- Jerome Taylor
- Sudeep Tyagi
- Yogesh Nagar
- Shivakant Shukla
- Pragyan Ojha
- Devendra Bishoo
- Tirumalasetti Suman
- Shadab Jakati
- Gurkeerat Mann
- Rikki Clarke
References
edit- ^ Today, Telangana (18 November 2023). "Legends League Cricket: Urbanrisers Hyderabad all set for debut season". Telangana Today. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ Khosla, Varuni (18 October 2023). "Legends League Cricket adds two new franchises, bags $30 million". Livemint. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ Subrahmanyam, V. V. (18 November 2023). "Legends T-20 League ensures financial security to players post-retirement, says Pragyan Ojha". Sportstar. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ "Suresh Raina To Lead New T20 Team In Legends League Cricket". Zee News. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ "Rise of the legends". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ "MT vs URH, Legends League Cricket 2023/24, Final at Surat, December 09, 2023 - Full Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2023.